Dorothy Dix on marriage and middle age benefits
A Dorothy Dix letter discusses whether marriage pays when middle age dulls life. A bachelor argues children give meaning and pride outstrip personal failure, while married men often regret, yet remarriage shows lasting attachment. The piece endorses marriage for companionship, home, and family despite drawbacks.
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Dorothy Dix Advice and a Flood at Penkridge England
A Dorothy Dix column counsels a wife to seize her husband’s money to end a failing loyalty to a spendthrift brother and warns a young man against marrying under unstable finances. The piece closes noting a lightning strike in Penkridge caused a flooded village after felling a tree and breaking a water main.
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